Don't you wish you didn't have to go to school and could Al 

 travel about "for your health?" It's lots of fun, and much 

 more interesting than hunting bacteria in sewage. I was going 

 to Hongkong for a week. But Dr Freer would not sign a leave 

 of absence for less than thirty days, just as Major Appell (who 

 came over on the Sheridan when Woolley and I did) came 

 along and offered to give me transportation to Nagasaki. I owe 

 much of the good time I am having to him. — The railway trip 

 from Nagasaki to Kobe runs along the famous Inland Sea. The 

 country is ideal, with everything — people, houses, trees & 

 mountains — on a miniature scale. Yesterday I visited Prof 

 Kitasato who is stout and serious looking. He did not realize 

 the honor of my visit so I was turned over to an assistant who 

 showed me the buildings. . . . This morning I spent at the 

 great University of Tokyo. I was much pleased with the Medi- 

 cal Dept. Prof Aoyama, pathologist, was most pleasant and 

 courteous. ... I have seen the geisha dance and have spent 

 all my spare money on curios but as I cannot get a boat until 

 the 10 th of Nov I am going to Kyoto and try living in Japa- 

 nese inns as they are cheaper and I wish the experience. There 

 are such beautiful things to be bought in Japan. "Curio hunt- 

 ers" are as thick as flies and the Japanese are making the curios 

 faster than they can sell them. I saw an old sinner the other 

 day making an image of Buddha "200 years old." . . . 



Before Christmas, Wherry was back in Manila. "It cost you 

 a good deal," his father wrote, "but many things are worth 

 more than money." In better sympathy with some other of his 

 financial outlays, he continued: "I hope your effort to pay 

 John's way will not embarrass you." He, too, had gifts to 

 acknowledge. Further, he could report out of the medical 

 experiences in which he was so skilled: "Just to-day I heard 

 of one of our native teachers being poisoned by iodoform caus- 

 ing a serious eruption." Reverting to that earlier request of 

 Wherry, he asked (December 16, 1903) : "Did you ever see 

 the Bhili words I sent you for your anthropologist friend? I 

 sent two sets, one in Bhili & the other in Gondi. I should like 

 to hear from your friend as to whether the work was of any 

 use." 



At the same time he added: 



